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Hello pals! Hope all is well today. Mom is on a group page called undercats4life. I dont know why she decided to join as its a group of people who rescue cats from a high kill shelter in Florida. We live in MN so usually she can't help with fostering or pulling OR transport. Its the good stories I suppose she joined for. To see the ones that get out of the shelter. Apparently 90 percent of the cats and kittens that enter the shelter are euthanized. Just another reason to spay and neuter your cats.

Anyway right now there are 4 cats in this shelter that were surrendered by a ladies son in law. The lady lost her house and they had no where else to bring them. The son didn't tell her he was bringing the cats to this high kill shelter until he came home. Now the lady is begging for help to get her four cats out that she loves so dearly. Mom can't even imagine that happening to us. It would be the most aweful thing in the world. Undercats for life is trying to help and has the fees sponsered but no where for these cats to go. Its so so sad. So many people are willing to help but none of us live near the area.

So we just ask that you please purr for these kitties and all of the kitties at this shelter. Owner surrenders are the first to be euthanized. How can you give a pet to a high kill shelter???

UPDATE: They found a Foster for the kitties until the owner gets back on her feet.
Thank goodness!

Love,
Gordy

Spreading the love bug

A New Game- Lovebug Tag! To play, copy the 6 questions below and paste/answer them in your diary! Then tag some friends to play, too!

1. Meow! Are you a noisy kitty or a quiet kitty? I am moderatly noisy. I have a quiet voice but I can be really annoying with it at times. I will meow over and over and over AND over again until I get what I want.

2. Litterbox! Cover your business or let some other kitty cover? I cover it as long as no one is rushing me out of the box. I like complete privacy when I am doing my thing.

3. Happy! Favorite Daily Routine?
Anything that has to do with mom paying attention to me.

4. Hiss! Least Favorite Routine?
When my siblings try to play with me. I dont want to play most of the time but they just wont give up.

5. Ding-Dong! What do you think about visitors to your house?
Whatever...Let them in but don't expect me to lift a paw or act the least bit interested.

6. Friends! Do you like other animals?
I get along with my siblings but sometimes they really get on my nerves.


Feel free to play along if you want : )

Love,
Gordy

Cat Room!

Mom added a new addition to our cat room today. It was very disruptive to our R&R but I think we look pretty good...See

Our pictures!


MOL Toby sinks right into that couch.
Here is a closer picture

Our pictures!

Mom still has some adjusting to do but she is happy she found a way to use the pictures she took of us in the house.

We like our cat room a lot. Mom plays classical music with birds chirping on it for us during the day while we they are gone. Here is a picture of us all enjoying it. Yes I am there too but I am behind one of the Katimanjaro posts drinking from the catit.

Chillin

Mom still has some work to do in there but its bright and sunny and peaceful. What more could a cat ask for? Mom needs to find some cute curtains for the room.

Mostly we have been laying around again. I beg to get outside but then when mom opens the door and I realize how hot out it is I turn around. Today was just aweful! So hot and humid that mom would start sweating just being outside for a minute. Now we are supposed to get bad storms again tonight.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful, Cool and relaxing summer.

Love,
Gordy

Friday Morning

Hello Friends!

Well Happy 4th of July weekend to all my pals. I am lucky enough to have my mom home today! When she got up this morning she brought me and Toby outside on the porch. I was pretty happy. I chased some bugs and watched the birds. Mom said she had to get us outside early today because the head index here today is supposed to be around 104 degrees. Yesterday was the same.

Now I am inside in the air conditioning. We think the baby birds have flown away now. Not as much action outside as before but still a few finches feeding.

Mom made Cole's appointment for the big Neuter today. Not until Augest 19th. It got her thinking about when I was young. I was a real fluff ball. Grandma thinks I was one of the cutest kittens ever. I have always been her favorite though.

Look at me!


and Here

Both of these pictures were taken by the lady who rescued me. Mom is so lucky that she took us in and took care of us.

Happy 4th!
Love,
Gordy

Looking out my Back door

Well Mom was gone for awhile today so when she got home she let me out on the porch. There was all kinds of action out there today. There are two sets of nests out in our hanging plants now. Plus the finch feeder has become quite popular with the birds around here.

I have also claimed the spot under one of the chairs as my own. I will just lay under there for hours.

See

There I am watching those birds from my special spot.

Well our weather has still been spotty here. It was pretty cold here a few days ago. We have heard a few fire works going off here and there but otherwise I can hardly believe its almost July already.

Hope all my pals are doing well
Love,
Gordy

Bugging

Yep thats right! I am pretty good at Bugging when I want to be. Last night Mom was trying to sleep and I was bugging her by meowing constantly.

Ever since mom and dad got home from Vacation I have been super needy. I just dont see how Mom can think its ok to sleep when we still haven't caught up on our quality time together since she has been gone. Finally I settled down on her pillow but I made sure to wake her up several times by licking her hair and then getting it stuck in my mouth and hacking it up.

I am always coming up with new ways to Bug. Its something every cat should be good at.

Love,
Gordy

Sneeky, Sneeky Boy

I have been VERY Sneeky Lately. We have a small hole in the edge of our screen on our patio door. Mom has been keeping it blocked so no one sneeks out until they get the tool to fix it.

WELL... Guess who has been found out on the patio twice today when they weren't supposed to be out there??



This Guy!

Mom thought the first time I slipped out when she was putting up a humming bird feeder. She is very careful to close the door right after she leaves but I watch for that perfect moment of escape.

Guess what I am looking at? That plant with the birds in it. Now mom has to get that tool this week to fix the door so she can keep it open again.

Hope everyone is enjoying the summer weather.

Love,
Gordy

Who was it?

This morning mom got up and Dad was sleeping out in the living room by the sliding glass door. No they weren't fighting but sometimes when dad is up late or its really hot out he will sleep out there because there is a good breeze (Weird I know)

Anyway Mom ALWAYS yells at him to not leave the sliding glass door open because there is a tiny hole in it where the door and the screen connect on the furthest edge. Of course Dad says "Oh No none of the cats will get by me while i am sleeping. I will feel them walk over me".

Well this morning she looked out and who was out on the porch??? Me of course! I managed to sqeeze my big body through that hole and i was pacing the deck. Mom yelled at dad and he finally closed the sliding glass door.

Who was right??? Mom of course. I just had to prove her point for her.

Well tonight I will be going to chill with Ruben for the week. There are so many smells I will have to investigate. It should be an exciting week.

Love,
Gordy

103 Degrees!

Oh my it got up to 103 today. We go from below zero in the winter to 103 degrees in the summer. Its supposed to be 70 degrees tomorrow thank goodness. The funny thing is usually with a change like that it means a big nasty storm but they said no storms in the forcast. Hey we will take that!

I have been staying inside in the air conditioning. Mom let us out on the deck while she ate some ice cream but me and Toby gladly went in after about 5 minutes. Now we are just lounging around again.

This weekend Mom and Dad are going on vacation and I get to go stay with Ruben (Grandma and Grandpa are going too) because we don't want him to get lonely. Dad's Mom is coming to take care of all of us. They will be gone 5 days. Mom is super excited but she always misses us so much.

Anyway hope everyone is keeping cool
Love,
Gordy

Boo Hoo

Hope all of my friends had a wonderful Holiday weekend. We got to spend some time with mom and dad (our favorite pass time) and enjoy the open windows. Luckily we didn't get any bad weather that was forcasted. Mom took down all the plants before bed and then slept strait through the night. We dont even know if there was any rain but everything seemed to be ok.

That catster article on the main page in Cat news has got mom down. I mean she is happy the bad guys got convicted but its just unthinkable to her that someone could hurt a living creature like that. This world seems worse every day : ( It just makes mom love us even more. At least she knows we are safe and sound, Have full bellies, Lots of love and attention and major spoiling.

Love,
Gordy